Robert Schlaberg, MD

Languages Spoken: English

Dr. Schlaberg is the medical director of the Microbial Amplified Detection, Virology, and Fecal Chemistry laboratories and an assistant medical director of the Molecular Infectious Disease laboratories at ARUP. He is also an assistant professor of pathology at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Dr. Schlaberg received his MD and doctor of medicine degrees at the Julius-Maximilians-University in Wuerzburg, Germany and his master of public health at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University in New York City, where he also served as a postdoctoral fellow. Dr. Schlaberg trained in clinical pathology at the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, where he was the chief clinical pathology resident, and in medical microbiology at the University of Utah and ARUP Laboratories. He is certified in clinical pathology and medical microbiology by the American Board of Pathology and was awarded the Young Investigator Award by the Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists.

Dr. Schlaberg is interested in the diagnosis of viral infections and sexually transmitted diseases using methods spanning the spectrum from viral culture to next-generation sequencing. His research interests include molecular epidemiology, pathogen discovery, and the use of metagenomics for the diagnosis of elusive or polymicrobial infections."

Dr. Schlaberg is the medical director of the Microbial Amplified Detection, Virology, and Fecal Chemistry laboratories and an assistant medical director of the Molecular Infectious Disease laboratories at ARUP. He is also an assistant professor of pathology at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Dr. Schlaberg received his MD and doctor of medicine degrees at the Julius-Maximilians-University in Wuerzburg, Germany and his master of public health at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University in New York City, where he also served as a postdoctoral fellow. Dr. Schlaberg trained in clinical pathology at the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, where he was the chief clinical pathology resident, and in medical microbiology at the University of Utah and ARUP Laboratories. He is certified in clinical pathology and medical microbiology by the American Board of Pathology and was awarded the Young Investigator Award by the Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists.

Dr. Schlaberg is interested in the diagnosis of viral infections and sexually transmitted diseases using methods spanning the spectrum from viral culture to next-generation sequencing. His research interests include molecular epidemiology, pathogen discovery, and the use of metagenomics for the diagnosis of elusive or polymicrobial infections."